Aircraft & Propulsion

Grupo Aeromexico (AM) has finalized a purchase agreement for up to 90 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody aircraft.

United Airlines (UA) made its Boeing 787 inaugural flight from Houston-Chicago Sunday after receiving US FAA certification Friday.

Kuwaiti lessor ALAFCO has finalized an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, the first sale of the type into the Middle East.

Air New Zealand (ANZ) has taken delivery of its first of seven ATR 72-600 aircraft, part of a deal that included five options, worth more than $270 million.

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has agreed to lease three Boeing 787-8 aircraft from the International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC).

Aeroflot (SU) has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-300, its 100 th Airbus aircraft. The aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines and will be used on numerous routes on SU’s medium- and long-haul network. Indonesian Sky Aviation’s first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft has arrived at Ulyanovsk for painting and cabin outfitting at the facilities of Aviastar-SP. The Indonesian airline has ordered 12 SSJ100s.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways (EY) has signed a firm order for two additional Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft as part of the carrier’s continued growth plans.

Russian lessor Aviation Capital Services has announced a commitment for 35 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, becoming the first Russian company to sign up for the MAX.

UK air navigation service provider NATS has won a contract to provide tower and engineering services at London Luton Airport (LTN) for another three years.

Austrian Airlines (OS) is looking to replace its nine Fokker 70s and 15 Fokker 100s regional jet fleet by the end of 2016-17.

Pratt & Whitney has completed assembling its first PurePower PW1100G-JM test engine.

Boeing said North American airlines will take delivery of 7,290 aircraft valued at $820 billion through 2031.

Rolls-Royce secured a $2.6 billion order, at list prices, from Singapore Airlines (SIA) for Trent engines to power the order announced Wednesday for 20 Airbus A350-900s and five Airbus A380s.

Scoot (TZ)—Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) new medium- to long-haul low-cost carrier—has agreed to acquire 20 Boeing 787 aircraft.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has agreed to order 20 Airbus A350-900s and five A380s valued at $7.5 billion at list prices.

Boeing said Tuesday it has started building the 777 at a rate of 8.3 aircraft per month, up 20% from the 7 per month rate it had been building the widebody aircraft.

Airbus has inaugurated a new 74,000 square meter A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, which will employ 1,500 staff. The new FAL will produce up to 10 aircraft a month from 2018.

Kigali-based RwandAir (WB) has taken delivery of the first of two Bombardier CRJ900s it had on order that includes two options.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Brazil’s GOL have signed a sale and leaseback agreement for four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Boeing has confirmed that Turkish Airlines (TK) announced a commitment to order 15 777-300ERs, plus five options.

FastJet, the African low-cost carrier backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has signed operating lease agreements with Volito Aviation for two Airbus A319s, to be delivered in time for its November launch date.

Norway’s new Kristiansand-based airline, Flynonstop, has acquired an Embraer E-190 to support the airline’s launch in April 2013, Embraer said in a statement.

British Airways (BA) may consider introducing its forthcoming fleet of Airbus A380s on short-haul routes to quickly to build up training time for its pilots.

Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines (HA), has purchased its first ATR 42 turboprop and will acquire another of the type next month.

Testing of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system can begin following the launch of two additional operational satellites.